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Transport for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Transport Committee Clearing the hurdles: transport for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Copyright Greater London Authority April 2011 Published by Greater London Authority City Hall The Queen’s Walk More London London SE1 2AA www.london.gov.uk enquiries 020 7983 4100 minicom 020 7983 4458 ISBN This publication is printed on recycled paper Transport Committee Members Valerie Shawcross, Chair Labour Caroline Pidgeon, Deputy Chair Liberal Democrat Victoria Borwick Conservative James Cleverly Conservative Jenny Jones Green Joanne McCartney Labour Steve O'Connell Conservative Murad Qureshi Labour Richard Tracey Conservative On 20 September 2010, the Chair in consultation with Party Group Leads agreed that the Committee should investigate transport for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (the 2012 Games). This investigation had the following terms of reference: • To explore progress with the delivery of the Olympic Transport Plan and the main issues arising at this stage e.g. the impact on ordinary London life, the security of the transport network and its accessibility; and, in light of the findings • To identify any further steps that could be taken to help ensure London’s transport system operates effectively during the 2012 Games. The Committee welcomes feedback on its report. For further information, contact Laura Warren in the Scrutiny Team by: letter c/o of City Hall, More London, SE1 2AA; email [email protected]; or telephone: 020 7983 6545. For press enquiries contact Dana Gavin by telephone: 020 7983 4603 or email [email protected] 4 Contents Chair’s foreword 6 Executive summary 8 Introduction 13 The 2012 transport challenge 15 Meeting the 2012 transport challenge 24 Conclusion 43 Appendix 1 Recommendations 44 Appendix 2 Map of Olympic Route Network (ORN) 46 Appendix 3 Stages in the investigation 47 Appendix 4 Orders and translations 48 5 Chair’s foreword We all want the 2012 Games to be a success. They are an opportunity to showcase London to the world and present the capital in the best possible way to the millions visiting the city and watching on the television. Prior to London being awarded the 2012 Games, transport was identified as a potential risk. London’s public transport system carries more people than any other in the world and parts of the system are over 100 years old. The influx of millions of visitors including an estimated 5.5 million spectators is inevitably going to put an enormous strain on the system. We have had nearly six years to prepare though and that time has not been wasted. New transport infrastructure has been installed. A new station has been built at the Olympic Park and Stratford Regional station has been redeveloped. The Docklands Light Railway is being upgraded with extra carriages to increase capacity. The new London Overground service on the East London line has now opened. Uncertainty remains though in relation to some physical improvements. The continued delays to the upgrade of the Jubilee line are worrying given this is a key route for the Games. The next six months will be crucial to ensure all new infrastructure is in place, tested, and any teething problems ironed out before the Games. Alongside new infrastructure, managing demand for transport will be crucial to meeting the 2012 transport challenge. Around one-third of Londoners may need to change their usual travel patterns if the system is to operate effectively next summer. Work has now started to realise this ambitious target. Its success will depend, in large part, on businesses altering their delivery arrangements and supporting their staff to work more flexibly. Spectators and Londoners will also need to respond positively to 2012 travel advice. In the run up to previous Games, host cities have often launched publicity campaigns or “the big scare” to encourage people to change their travel habits. A transport failure during the Games is a risk that can never be completely eliminated. We want to make sure that everything that can be done to limit that risk is being done. The Committee welcomes 6 the hard work to date and we will continue to monitor progress as the Games get closer. This report gives our “pulse check” on where we have got to with 2012 transport plans. It also makes suggestions for steps that could be taken over the next few months. We are grateful to all those who contributed during our investigation. We continue to offer our full support to those preparing London’s transport network for the Games. Valerie Shawcross AM, Chair, Transport Committee 7 Executive summary Meeting the demand for transport remains one of the biggest risks for the smooth running of the 2012 Games. Next summer millions of extra people including athletes, spectators, officials and the media will want to move around the capital at the same time as Londoners making their usual trips. All will be using a transport system that already operates close to capacity. The Committee sets out in this report what is known about the transport planning and preparations and what we expect to see as these plans are developed. Extensive preparations are underway but there are enormous challenges ahead. The next six months will be critical in maintaining confidence in the preparations as the plans for the Olympic Route Network (ORN) are further developed and the Jubilee line upgrade is scheduled to be completed. The scale of the 2012 transport challenge More details of the scale of the 2012 transport challenge have emerged in recent months. We have identified a number of key points. Forecasting travel demand is an important part of the preparations Estimating demand is an important part of planning for the 2012 transport challenge. Although the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has highlighted the difficulties of making definitive predictions, effective planning involves making a range of assumptions about likely demand. The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is confident about the robustness of its assumptions citing “tried and tested modelling techniques” used to develop its forecasts. Extra demand will pose a “huge transport challenge” The ODA is assuming extra demand will represent a “huge transport challenge”. There could be a total attendance of 5.3 million people at the Games. There may not only be extra demand from spectators, athletes and officials but from people without tickets who visit London to watch the Games on big screens at the live sites or attend the cultural events. More people will want to travel from June until September 2012 For a third of next year there is likely to be increased demand for transport. Transport for London (TfL) predicts more people wanting to make trips from the Diamond Jubilee celebrations at the start of June until the closure of the Olympic Park in mid-September. 8 There will be nine days when demand for transport is expected to be at its peak On the nine busiest days there will be around 550,000 to 650,000 tickets available to spectators for venues across London leading to more than a million Olympic-related journeys on public transport. Friday 3 August and Saturday 4 August (days 7 and 8 of the Olympic Games) are forecast to be the busiest days. 22 travel hotspot areas have been identified Pressure on the transport system is anticipated to be particularly acute in 22 travel hotspot areas mainly in central London. This is to be expected when venues are not only in east London but spread across the capital including in heavily visited central areas such as Earls Court, Hyde Park and Horse Guards Parade. The travel hotspot areas include two of London Underground’s busiest stations - Victoria and King’s Cross - where control measures are already required almost every day during peak hours to manage overcrowding and allow the stations to operate safely. There are concerns about the resilience of the transport system Although the pressure may be greatest in the travel hotspot areas, the entire transport system is likely to come under strain. The Olympics Minister has highlighted the system already operates near to capacity so it is not easy to absorb extra demand. In the event of an unexpected incident such as a broken down train, people may seek to use services in other areas to make their trips. All regular users of the transport system are likely to notice differences next summer. Meeting the 2012 transport challenge Work is ongoing to meet the 2012 transport challenge. The extra demand is to be met by installing new transport infrastructure to increase capacity and by reducing usual demand. The Olympic Transport Plan set out the plans in detail. At frequent intervals, the ODA has undertaken “pulse checks” or reviews to ensure the Plan is on track and the 2012 transport objectives will be realised.1 It will be issuing the final edition of the Plan in spring 2011. With just over a year to go, we have undertaken our own “pulse check”. It follows on from the Assembly’s previous consideration of 2012 transport including its response in 2007 to consultation on the 1 ODA Olympic Transport Plan December 2009, p208 and 209 9 Olympic Transport Plan. We have a number of observations at this stage. There is good progress with the delivery of new transport infrastructure London’s 2012 bid document listed over 30 planned improvements to transport infrastructure. Most of these have been completed or are on course for completion this year. Delivery of new infrastructure ahead of the Games is important to allow testing of the system. Delays to the upgrades on the Jubilee line remain a risk The Jubilee line upgrade was one of five London Underground line improvements listed in London’s 2012 bid document to deliver increased capacity.
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